Response of eggplant varieties (Solanum melongena) to salinity in germination and seedling stages

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-200

  Akinci, I E ^a   Akinci, S ^a   Yilmaz, K ^a   Dikici, H ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eggplant; Relative growth rate; Salinity stress; Solanum melongena

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; SALINITY; SEEDLING; TOLERANCE; VEGETABLE;

MELONGENA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 3242804569     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2004.9514296     Document Type: Article

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